The Las Vegas Review Journal, 10/19/96
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DISNEY TO RELEASE HEAVY METAL ALBUM
Walt Disney Co.'s Hollywood Records will release an album from
Danzig, a heavy metal singer whose songs contain satanic themes.
"Blackacidevil" will hit record stores on Oct. 30, the day before
Halloween. A danzig spokeswoman said the new album has no satanic
references but does have "dark, Gothic and sexual" overtones.
The recording artist, she said, denies he is a satanist.
Financially troubled Hollywood Records lured Danzig from a Time
Warner Inc. label with a reported seven figure deal. The move was
unprecedented for Hollywood Records, which, in keeping with Disney's
wholesome image, had stayed away from rap and other explicit music.
Hollywood Records spokeswoman Sue Sawyer also said the new album has
no satanic messages. "It's only rock 'n' roll," Sawyer said. "For 40
years people have been scandalized by it."